The main theme of the poem is Lost of Humanity among humans. The poet describes how animals are better than humans. According to him, humans commit sins, animals don't, animals do not care about worldly things while humans do, animals do not discriminate while humans do, animals never discuss theirRead more
The main theme of the poem is Lost of Humanity among humans. The poet describes how animals are better than humans. According to him, humans commit sins, animals don’t, animals do not care about worldly things while humans do, animals do not discriminate while humans do, animals never discuss their duties to God while humans do. So, the poet desires that humans should adopt the qualities of animals to become better humans.
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Tokens refer the qualities which humans had once in their life. e.g. innocence, ascetic nature, impartiality, love, affection, impartiality etc. They are now found in animals. Humans seem to have lost them. The word tokens is quite relevant in the poem because the poet is of the views that these quaRead more
Tokens refer the qualities which humans had once in their life. e.g. innocence, ascetic nature, impartiality, love, affection, impartiality etc. They are now found in animals. Humans seem to have lost them.
The word tokens is quite relevant in the poem because the poet is of the views that these qualities symbolise a better human but now they are in animals and not in humans.
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